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And I said, 'Absolution is purely a Catholic concept.
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To every literary man there are dead subjects; this question was dead to the author of "Absolution" -- as uninspiring as cold mutton.
The Pools of Silence 1907
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Entitled Absolution by book deal, it criticized Scott McClellan's then-forthcoming tell-all, What Happened?
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Entitled Absolution by book deal, it criticized Scott McClellan's then-forthcoming tell-all, What Happened?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton--The Healing Process Continues 2008
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Absolution, which is given with a crucifix in hand, he recites Psalm xlii (Introibo ad altare), and at every two verses ascends a step of the altar.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Absolution, which is the loosing or relaxation of the penalty by competent authority, is an act of justice, and a res favorabilis in censures, and hence cannot be denied to a penitent censured person.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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It's about an extraterrestrial attack on a remote Arizona town called Absolution.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Its hero, Jake Lonergan, played by Mr. Craig, is a loner who stumbles into the troubled town of Absolution, which is under the thumb of Harrison Ford's Col.
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL CIEPLY 2010
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Its hero, Jake Lonergan, played by Mr. Craig, is a loner who stumbles into the troubled town of Absolution, which is under the thumb of Harrison Ford's Col.
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL CIEPLY 2010
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Therefore Baptism, the Lord's Supper, and Absolution, which is the Sacrament of Repentance, are truly
Apology of the Augsburg Confession Philipp Melanchthon 1528
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